Powered chiefly by enthusiasm and primitive publishing tech, these publications shaped the future of video games media In the summer of 1985, I made the long pilgrimage from my home in Cheadle Hulme to London’s glamorous Hammersmith Novotel for the Commodore computer show. As a 14-year-old gamer, this was a chance to play the latest …
Choose the speed that’s right for you, beware of price rises at renewal time and consider ditching your landline In the age of true fibre broadband the speeds available can be tremendous – and providers often try to upsell people to expensive, higher-speed packages. One way to save money is to pay for only the …
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With Trump’s tariffs and DeepSeek’s AI tech in the news, China waits to see how the Communist party plans to revitalise a stagnating economy As thousands of delegates from across China arrive in Beijing this week to participate in the annual parliamentary session, there is a barely perceptible shift in the mood in the capital. …
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‘Insight’ labeled the argument ‘center-left’ and created a reply insisting AI will make storytelling more democratic Beneath a recent Los Angeles Times opinion piece about the dangers of artificial intelligence, there is now an AI-generated response about how AI will make storytelling more democratic. “Some in the film world have met the arrival of generative …
Fifteen years since Microsoft’s motion-sensing gaming camera was released for the Xbox 360, artists, roboticists and more are still finding new ways to use it Released in 2010 and bundled with the Xbox 360, the Kinect looked like the future – for a brief moment, at least. A camera that could detect your gestures and …
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UN-commissioned study in UK, US, Ireland, Australia, Canada and New Zealand finds satisfaction rises with age For more than half a century, the midlife crisis has been a feature of western society. Fast cars, impulsive decisions, and peak misery between the age of 40 and 50. But all that is changing, according to experts. In …
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Information Commissioner’s Office says it aims to learn about wider market by looking into two sites plus Imgur TikTok is to be investigated by the UK’s data protection watchdog, which is looking into whether social media algorithms are serving up inappropriate or harmful content to children. Growing concerns over how social media platforms are using …
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TUC says proposals on copyright and AI framework must go further to stop exploitation by ‘rapacious tech bosses’ Action is needed to protect workers in creative industries amid huge changes in technology and artificial intelligence, unions have urged. The TUC said there was an urgent need to put in place “proper guardrails” for workers ranging …
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Air fryers have taken over our kitchens, but which wins the crown for the crispiest cooking? Our expert peeled 5kg of potatoes to find out • The best blenders to blitz like a pro, tried and tested Air fryers inspire the sort of feelings that microwaves did in the 1980s. I vividly remember those new-fangled …
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Dismissing 6,700 IRS workers during tax season is a recipe for chaos but AI’s disruption will be much more widespread The Trump administration recently announced that it would be laying off approximately 6,700 workers at the Internal Revenue Service, about 8% of the people employed by the agency. Tens of thousands of federal employees at …
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